First Radiation appointment

HI Lyn

I hope your future treatments go a bit quicker for you.....

I read your comment about the DCIS and not showing up on the Mammogram and I remember when I went to see my surgeon this time after my surgery for my tumour he told me that they had also found some DCIS in the breast tissue that had been removed.  He said that you can get DCIS that doesn't calcify and so doesn't show up on the mammogram!  I was quite surprised at this because I thought that I had been doing the right thing by getting annual mammograms and ultrasounds after my last bout of DCIS (which resulted in a mastectomy in 2003) which DID show up on the mammogram.  I must say it was disconcerting to know that I had had the DCIS in my breast for quite some time without knowing about it. I guess that is one good thing about having a mastectomy rather than just a lumpectomy - I know that there is no undiscovered DCIS lurking now!  I hope that the MRI scan or CT scans or whatever you have to have will show up any areas before they become problems for you.  Its not fair for us to be worried about things in our body that don't show up on the scans that we are made to have :(

Good luck,

Louise